NFL icon Bill Belichick and his cheerleader girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, have reportedly ended their relationship, according to a startling new report.

The couple allegedly split in secret toward the end of last year. TMZ reports that Hudson has since started seeing other men following the end of their highly publicized age-gap romance.

Despite no longer being romantically involved, the pair are said to remain close friends and continue working together on their business ventures.

Belichick, the 74-year-old former New England Patriots head coach, began dating Hudson, now 25, in 2022. The two reportedly first crossed paths during a flight from Boston to Florida.

They were photographed together for the first time in January 2023, but waited until June 2024 to publicly confirm their relationship.

Their romance quickly became a frequent topic of public discussion, with the couple splitting their time between North Carolina—where Belichick coaches the UNC football team—and Nantucket.

A source close to Hudson told TMZ that the couple parted ways quietly in “late last year,” although it remains unknown which of them decided to end the relationship.

The report also claims Hudson has been “seeing other people” since the relationship ended. Belichick is 49 years older than his former partner.

The alleged breakup has raised questions because Hudson has remained a familiar presence at UNC games throughout the season. She was reportedly at the sidelines as recently as last weekend’s matchup with Syracuse in Chapel Hill.

Just one week earlier, Hudson joined Belichick for the team’s away game against Duke. The pair appeared cheerful as they walked off the field together, offering no obvious sign of a split.

They also appeared affectionate during a public outing at the Kentucky Derby in May, where they were photographed holding hands. Hudson later shared a picture with the caption, “Not the first time we’ve trudged through the mud together,” followed by a love heart.

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The Kentucky Derby appearance took place months after the pair reportedly ended their relationship in late 2025.

During their time together, Hudson built a property portfolio valued at approximately $9 million, according to a previous report from the Daily Mail.

She has purchased at least four homes since meeting the former Patriots coach, including one property valued at around $3 million.

Hudson has reportedly paid off the mortgages on all of the properties. Her main residence is said to be a two-bedroom cottage in Cape Cod.

Records also show that she has registered 18 companies – several with names that suggest she had – or has – some control over Belichick’s affairs.

She had been operating as Belichick’s de facto manager during their relationship, and it appears she is still involved with his from a business perspective if not a romantic one.

Her control of his affairs hit the headlines most notably during a CBS Sunday Morning interview back in April 2025.

Hudson, sitting out of shot, muscled in on reporter Tony Dokoupil’s line of questioning about how the pair met, shouting out: ‘We’re not talking about this.’

CBS broadcast the multiple interruptions made by Hudson throughout the interview, with TMZ later reporting that she ‘walked out and delayed filming by 30 minutes’ and at one point even corrected Belichick while he was discussing football.

More recently, Belichick was forced to deny that Jordon has been ‘trying to control UNC’s football program’, calling the claims ‘ridiculous’ in an interview with the Wall Street Journal in September.

To reports she is involved in virtually everything he does, Belichick responded that that is a ‘flat-out lie’. 

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If you plan to begin university in September 2027, choosing the right course and institution could be one of the most important decisions you make.

With graduate employment prospects becoming increasingly uncertain, the almost £50,000 cost of earning a degree in England and Wales deserves serious consideration. Tuition fees alone will exceed £10,000 a year from next September.

The idea that any degree is automatically better than no degree no longer holds true. In the four subjects examined below, the employment record of courses ranked among the bottom five is so weak that taking on the cost of studying them may be difficult to justify.

The four subjects – accounting, law, computer science and economics – are areas in which strong graduate employment outcomes should be expected. Those outcomes are measured by the proportion of graduates securing high-skilled jobs within 15 months of leaving university.

Accounting and law degrees provide direct routes into accountancy and legal careers. Computer science graduates are helping drive some of the most significant technological advances in history, while economists are hardly associated with poor financial prospects.

However, a course that performs poorly at one university should not be taken as a reflection of everything that institution offers. Even universities near the top of our overall ranking can record weak graduate employment results in individual subjects. Equally, some of the universities identified below as offering poor value for money in these four subjects may provide much stronger prospects in other areas.

For each subject, we highlight comparable courses at other universities that require the same entry grades but deliver significantly better graduate employment outcomes.

Yet, as the panels below demonstrate, very few universities can promise excellent graduate outcomes across every subject in what is the most challenging jobs market for graduates in a generation. For prospective students, the message is clear: buyer beware.

Accounting and finance

If you choose to study accounting, it is reasonable to assume that you hope to become an accountant after graduating.

That result is almost five times more likely for accounting graduates at the London School of Economics, where 97.7% secure high-skilled employment within 15 months of leaving, than at Coventry University, where the equivalent rate is just 19.3%.

With average student loan debt now above £47,900, choosing Coventry in this particular case does not appear to be a sensible investment. Graduate employability data used in our subject rankings – in which Coventry ranks 82nd and last for accounting – indicates that students are unlikely to become accountants or secure another high-skilled job, making the degree a poor use of both money and time.

Coventry is not the only university offering an accounting degree that appears to provide a weak route into the profession. Buckinghamshire New records a high-skilled employment rate of 28.1%, followed by Greater Manchester at 28.3%, Bedfordshire at 34.5%, Sunderland at 40.9% and even the well-respected Soas, University of London, at 42.3%. In each case, relatively few graduates secure high-skilled jobs.

These universities also tend to sit near the bottom of the employment rankings for the related subject of finance. Coventry performs slightly better in finance, with a high-skilled employment rate of 30%, narrowly ahead of Buckinghamshire New at 28.1%, the weakest result in the subject. Bedfordshire and Soas record the same proportion of finance students entering high-skilled employment as their accounting graduates, while Sunderland’s rate for finance graduates is only 32.9%.

Coventry offers a range of accounting and finance courses. Options include accounting and finance, accountancy, and banking and finance at Coventry itself; professional accounting at CU Dagenham; financial management and accounting at CU Coventry; and international finance and accounting at Coventry University London.

The accountancy courses require 120 UCAS points, equivalent to BBB at A-level, while accounting and finance and banking and finance require 112 points, or BBC.

However, it is not difficult to find universities with much stronger high-skilled employment rates for accounting graduates. Northumbria, for example, records a rate of 78.1% – four times Coventry’s figure – and offers places on its BSc accounting programme to students with between 96 and 112 UCAS points, equivalent to CCC to BBC.

And Reading, with its world-renowned Henley Business School, had places in Clearing this year on its BSc in accounting and finance for as low as BCC, with ABB the current asking rate for September 2027 admission.

Law

A 9% rise in the number of acceptances on to Law degrees in 2025 took the total of first-year lawyers above 30,000 for the first time. (There were 32,440 of them to be exact.)

But the latest graduate employment data suggests three in every ten of them will not be in high-skilled jobs 15 months after graduating; in other words they will not have embarked on a legal career. Some will come to it later, of course, and some will have studied law and decided a related career is not for them. But some will also be paralegal-ing (for which a degree is not necessary) or still looking for a way into a profession for which their law degree was not a golden ticket.

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At Wolverhampton (where 39.2% of law graduates find high-skilled jobs), Huddersfield (41.1%), Oxford Brookes (42.9%) and Greenwich (43.2%), the number of graduates getting high-skilled jobs (probably on the bottom rung of the legal profession) is roughly half that at the most successful law degrees for launching graduate careers.

Three Russell Group universities are in the top five – Cambridge (93.1%), the London School of Economics (90.4%) and Nottingham (85%). But so, too, are Middlesex (91.1%) and Staffordshire, the Daily Mail Modern University of the Year (90.9%) – proof that at subject level, no ‘type’ of university has a monopoly on outstanding levels of graduate employment.

And the entry requirements for those at the top and bottom of the law job rankings show the value of choosing carefully.

At Oxford Brookes, which sits third-bottom of the ranking, a typical offer is 120 UCAS points (BBB at A-level), which is more than at Staffordshire, based in Stoke-on-Trent, which comes third at the opposite end of the ranking and where the typical offer is BBC.

And law at Middlesex, based in Hendon, north London and second only to Cambridge, makes offers in the range of 80 to 112 UCAS points, equivalent to CDD to BBC at A-level, while Wolverhampton at the bottom of the law jobs ranking makes a typical offer of CCC or BCD (96 points), exactly in the middle of Middlesex’s offer range.

Computer science

More than 36,000 students were admitted to computing degrees in 2025, making it one of the most popular subject areas. The importance of digital literacy has never been higher, with the march of artificial intelligence through the workplace worldwide. The University of Birmingham now offers students a full year of computer science within all degrees, such is the subject’s importance.

Most of those studying computer science full-time will envisage a career working in a related field. But as with other career-focused degrees, outcomes vary considerably among the 94 universities in our computer science subject table, which can be found via the subject dropdown menu using our University Finder.

Computer science is one of a very small number of subjects to show a 100% graduate employment record in high-skilled jobs at the leading universities. Computer scientists, as are doctors, are very much in demand.

Imperial College London, St Andrews, Cambridge and University College London all saw every one of their computer science graduates in high-skilled employment 15 months after graduating in summer 2024, according to the latest graduate outcomes. Leeds completes the top five with a 98.4% rate.

At the other end of the scale, jobs success rates are half that – or less – at Roehampton (45.7%), Kingston (47.2%), Bedfordshire (50%), London Metropolitan (50.9%) and Southampton Solent (53.3%). But even then, such is the demand for computer scientists that these rates of high-skilled employment even at the worst-performing universities are ten to 20 percentage points better than the worst performers in other subjects with less graduate demand.

The most successful universities for landing computer science graduates good jobs are members of the 24-strong Russell Group of research-led universities, who claim 20 of the top 26 places in the subject’s jobs ranking. The only non-Russell Group institutions in the top 26 are St Andrews, Bath, Royal Holloway University of London, York St John, Loughborough and Sussex. At all of these, the high-skilled jobs rate is more than 88.5%.

York St John, ranked 119th overall in our league table, is the notable outlier among the institutions with the best graduate employment rates for computer science. It even finishes marginally ahead of its Russell Group city neighbour, the University of York.

Places on the BSc in computer science degree at York St John (with a 92.6% high-skilled jobs employment rate) can be had for as little as BCC at A-level, or 104 UCAS points, whereas Kingston’s standard offer for its BSc in computer science for September 2027 admission is 112 to 128 UCAS points (BBC to ABB) – with the second worst high-skilled jobs employment rate for computer scientists in the country at around half the level of York St John.

Wolverhampton and Bedfordshire have identical entry requirements for their BSc computer science degrees (96 UCAS points or CCC at A-level) but 87.8% of Wolverhampton graduates get high-skilled jobs, compared to just 50% at Bedfordshire. Sheffield Hallam with an 87.3% success rate also offers places for between 96 and 112 UCAS points, equivalent to CCC to BBC at A-level.

Economics

More than three quarters (77.5%) of economics graduates land high-skilled jobs within 15 months of leaving university, but the success rate between the best (Cambridge, 97.6%) and worst (West London, 31.2%) universities is wide.

Seven universities achieve a high-skilled jobs employment rate above 90%, which is not as many as for computer science (23) and reflects the less specific job roles that the degree qualifies students for. Nevertheless, you would expect graduate employment levels to be strong for a mathematically based subject.

Four of the top five in the subject measured by job outcomes alone are Russell Group institutions – Cambridge, London School of Economics, Oxford and Warwick, with St Andrews completing the top five – all of them with high-skilled job rates of 93% or more.

At West London, the university ranked bottom among 82 universities for economic graduates’ employment, the proportion in top-ranked jobs is just one third of that – 31.2%.

Entry requirements for three of the bottom five – West London, Westminster (42.1% high-skilled jobs) and Aberdeen (49%) – are all 112 UCAS points, or BBC at A-level. However, the same grades could also get you a place at De Montfort University in Leicester, where the proportion of economics graduates in high-skilled jobs is 82.2%. This is better than ten Russell Group universities in this subject.

Kingston, which features among the universities with the worst high-skilled graduate employment rates for computer science, ranks among the better institutions for economics. Its 74.7% rate in return for entry requirements that typically range from 112 UCAS points up to 128 (BBC to ABB at A-level) is a good choice compared to universities with similar entry requirements at the foot of our economics jobs rankings.

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The Daily Mail has referred Thomas Markle, the estranged father of the Duchess of Sussex, to the FBI after reporting that sexually explicit material involving children was found in a storage unit he rented near his former home in Mexico.

The material reportedly includes books about pedophilia, magazines depicting the sexual abuse of children and loose photographs of naked Asian women—some of whom appear, according to the publication, to be unusually young.

The Daily Mail traveled to Rosarito Beach, Mexico, to investigate Markle’s former life there after being told that he had rented and later abandoned a storage unit.

Receipts reviewed by the publication show that Markle rented the 5ft-by-10ft unit in 2017, six years after relocating to Rosarito, about 10 miles from the US border.

The Daily Mail said its reporter was allowed to enter the unit after Markle allegedly fell behind on lease payments for two years.

The reported contents include magazines published in Asia and depicting child sexual abuse, alongside family keepsakes, photographs and personal letters.

The publication also reported finding 35mm negatives showing what appear to be random, voyeuristic images of children on a beach. Other negatives allegedly depict a woman bound or “hogtied” while being directed by a man during a photo session.

The discovery came as police secured a warrant to examine child-sex images allegedly found among boxes of Markle’s possessions at his son’s home in the Philippines, where he moved after leaving Rosarito in January 2025.

Earlier this week, Filipino official Jonvic Remulla said the 82-year-old former Hollywood lighting technician could be a “sex offender of the grossest kind.” Remulla said “all signs” indicated that a serious offense may have been committed.

The investigation began after Thomas Markle Jr. brought the reported stash to the attention of the Philippine National Police.

Markle denies any wrongdoing.

The reported discovery at the Mexican facility, located about three miles from Markle’s former residence, adds another dramatic turn to a case that could result in a prison sentence of 10 to 12 years if he is charged and convicted.

Markle was living in Rosarito when his relationship with Meghan deteriorated. Before her 2018 wedding, he was caught working privately with a paparazzi photographer to stage a series of photographs, despite Prince Harry’s appeals for the media to give his future father-in-law privacy.

Most of the photographs found in the unit’s 20 boxes appear to date from the period when Markle was in his 40s or 50s. He was 43 when he and Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, divorced in 1987 after eight years of marriage.

Nearly half of the 31 black-and-white photographs, each measuring roughly 10 inches by 8 inches, appear to show the same girl. In one image, Markle—bearded and dressed in a polo shirt and jeans—sits on a hotel bed beside her, holding a cigarette in his right hand and looking toward the camera.

The girl appears relaxed and smiling. She is pictured wearing a white lace top, a white belt and dark jeans, while holding a small bag.

But in the same hotel room she is also photographed naked and leaning forward, a necklace with a heart emblem around her neck.

Sixteen more 10x8inch black and white prints show various other naked girls. There is no evidence that Markle had sex with any of them. 

Elsewhere in the storage unit are more than 50 video tapes, with titles such as ‘Boys – Brother and Sister – Russian XX’ and ‘Manila Nites.’ Precisely what is on these tapes is currently unknown.

A stack of books includes titles such as Forbidden Sexual Behavior and Morality, The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People and The Invisible Children.

He also has the book Victorian Children, which contains photos of naked young girls from that era; Young Aphrodites, which pictures young girls; David Hamilton’s Private Collection, with photos of young girls; and Hollywood Lolitas. There is a soft-cover book called Le Fairy, again printed in the Far East, which contains naked photos of girls who appear pre-pubescent. 

There is also a paper plate with the words ‘DARK WEB’ scribbled in red ink alongside various URLs.

Markle has seven hard drives stripped from computers in the storage unit.

There is also an old computer tower, with a paper taped to it that reads ‘Overheated… Virus!’ 

Also stuck on the tower are instructions on how to run the WinCleaner program, which wipes hard drives of all information, along with an activation code. 

Four computer pen drives are in the unit along with two digital cameras from the early 2000s and two cameras designed for use by children. There is also an old Apple computer. 

It is unknown what remains stored on any of the devices. 

Markle did not respond to the Daily Mail’s several attempts to reach him for comment. 

Our reporter is told that he visited the unit a couple of times a month in the early years after renting it, bringing in items and taking others away. 

The last time he was seen there was in March 2024 when he renewed the lease for three months. He has not been seen since. 

His son, Thomas Jr, never visited the unit, nor did other people, according to a source. 

Markle is now in a rehab facility in central Florida where he is recovering and learning to walk again following the amputation of his left leg in the Philippines 11 months ago. 

It was shortly after that operation that exclusive images taken by the Daily Mail showed the moment Markle was given a letter from Meghan cutting him out of his grandchildren’s lives. 

The explosive message revealed Meghan ‘knew her father had abused young girls’ and that he would never meet his grandchildren, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five.

Last week Markle admitted that he paid for sex in the Philippines when he was single. ‘I never had sex with anyone under the age of 18,’ he said. ‘I like Asian women but that is not a crime.’

And he strongly denied his son’s claims that he downloaded child sex images onto computers and cellphones shared with authorities in the first haul, saying they are ‘the worst thing anyone could accuse me of.’

After moving to Mexico, the former lighting director for hit shows General Hospital and Married… with Children lived a secluded life in a rented property in the gated community of San Antonio del Mar.

His former property is currently undergoing reconstruction.

Locals the Daily Mail spoke with this week said he was rarely seen, apart from the odd foray to an expat bar, a minimarket and a Walmart.

‘Frankly, he seemed to live like a hermit. Nobody in all the years he was here really got to know him,’ said one local.

He left the Philippines in May to stay at a rehab center in Florida, leaving his possessions in Cebu, Philippines with his son, Thomas Jr, who had been his caretaker. 

The Sun reported last week that Thomas Jr, 60, found ‘hundreds, if not thousands’ of child sex images in four boxes, and had reported his father to Filipino detectives and the FBI in the US, which are both investigating. 

One 35mm photograph reportedly shows a bearded man resembling Markle having sex with a young Asian girl – although he has said in response that he has ‘never been in a photograph like that.’

Thomas Jr said: ‘When I found this material I was horrified and I had no option but to report my dad. I have supported, cared for him and helped him for years, but that stops now. I won’t speak to my father ever again unless I’m called to give evidence against him.’

He later said: ‘I’m so, so sorry Meghan. I now know I have been protecting the wrong person for the past nine years. Having seen what I’ve seen, I believe the man I’ve been defending and caring for is a monster.’

After his revelation, Meghan said in a statement she had learned of child sex allegations in 2019 after being contacted by British police.

She said she was assured the ‘troubling and disturbing’ allegations were being investigated and was advised that speaking out could jeopardize any legal case.

The Daily Mail approached Samantha Markle at her home in Florida to ask about the contents of her father’s Mexico storage unit. Her boyfriend, Mark Phillips, answered the door and Samantha could be seen in the background but chose not to speak. 

Phillips said: ‘The only statement that you’re going to get is that Thomas Markle doesn’t even have fingerprints on the stuff in the Philippines…He didn’t even ever touch it the whole time it was there, he can’t be charged. 

‘Markle never had it in Mexico either…The FBI has no jurisdiction in Mexico. Thomas Markle Sr hasn’t lived in the States in 10 years. Even if there was bad [material] then the statute of limitations ran out five years ago. This is all bulls**t.’ 

Additional reporting by Andrea Noel and Emma James